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Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen
4.0

This is definitely a book for teens/young adults. I've always enjoyed Sarah Dessen and this book didn't disappoint.

Two friends, Scarlett and Halley, inseparable, best friends making their way through the dread of high school now as Juniors.

However, their Junior year begins with the death of a classmate in a motorcycle accident, Micheal, who also happened to be Scarlett's boyfriend.

While Halley didn't know Michael very well, she helps Scarlett deal with and understand the sudden loss of someone close to her. Scarlet and Michael had only been seeing each other for the summer, but that's all it took for her life to change.

Scarlett later finds out she's pregnant with Michael's baby (it only takes one time ya'll) and despite her mother's wishes, decides to keep the baby. 

The story follows Halley helping her friend as well as falling in love with Michael's friend Macon, who in my opinion is the typical teenage douchebag who literally constantly pressure Halley for sex when she tells him no soooo many times. 

Dessen covers a lot of stereotypical high school kids in this book. There's the pregnant girl, the girl falling in love with the bad kid, the bad kid who pressures the good girl into sex, but really does love her? The new kid who moves into a new town (who actually ends up befriending Scarlett and helps her deal with her pregnancy), the typical mom, who tries to control her daughter's life, etc. Anyway, she completely encompasses what it's like being a teenager in that situation (not that I would know personally, but I've seen it). 

Dessen is so good at stories like these though and I think she makes it all so relevant to the time we live in today. This was another good story told by her and I think it will relate to teenagers alike.  

If you're looking for a quick, but really good YA read, this one is for you.